Bill Dishman’s Second Nature Taxidermy is a professional wildlife
taxidermy studio serving hunters, fisherman, museums and collectors
throughout the world. Taxidermy is an art form and as a wildlife
artist, Bill stands a head above the rest. Here is the individual you
can trust to care for your trophy and turn it into an art object you
will display with pride for years to come.Taxidermy is a general term describing the many methods of
reproducing a life-like three-dimensional representation of an
animal for permanent display. In most cases, the actual skin
(including the fur, feathers or scales) of the specimen is preserved
and mounted over an artificial armature. In other cases, the
specimen is reproduced completely with man-made materials.
The modern practice of taxidermy incorporates many crafts, such as
carpentry, woodworking, tanning, molding and casting. Professional
taxidermy requires artistic talent, including the art of sculpture,
painting and drawing. In a modern deer head mount, for example, the
only natural parts of the animal used are the antlers and the skin.
All of the other
muscles
and tissues are recreated with man-made
materials. The eyes are made from glass, the eyelids are sculpted
from clay, the soft tissues of the nose and mouth are sculpted from
epoxy or wax, and the manikin or "form" (which incorporates the
anatomy of each muscle and vein) is made from polyurethane foam.
Today, some taxidermy mounts (most
notably fiberglass reproduction fish) do not
contain any parts of the animal at all. They are completely
re-created from man-made materials. This is ideal for
catch-and-release anglers, who can release their game fish unharmed,
and can still have a life-sized trophy produced from a good color
photo and measurements. |
